List of Premier League clubs

The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Premier League since its formation in 1992 to the current season. All statistics here refer to time in the Premier League only, with the exception of 'Most Recent Finish' (which refers to all levels of play) and 'Last Promotion' (which refers to the club's last promotion from the second tier of English football). For the 'Top Scorer' column, those in bold still play in the Premier League for the club shown. Premier League teams playing in the 2015–16 season are indicated in bold, while founding members of the Premier League are shown in italics. If the longest spell is the current spell, this is shown in bold, and if the highest finish is that of the most recent season, then this is also shown in bold.

As of the 2015–16 season, a total of 47 teams have played in the Premier League. Preston North End and Huddersfield Town are the only former top-flight First Division champions that have never played in the Premier League,^[1] and are among a total of 18 (as of the 2015–16 season) extant clubs who have played in the old First Division but not in the Premier League. By contrast, Barnsley, Bournemouth, Hull City, Reading, Swindon Town and Wigan Athletic never played in the old First Division before being promoted to the Premier League.

Eleven of the twenty-two founder members of the Premier League are competing in the 2015–16 season. Seven of them (Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur) have contested every season of the Premier League, though Aston Villa will not compete in the 2016–17 season, following their relegation. In addition to these seven teams, Crystal Palace, Manchester City, Norwich City and Southampton were also founder members, though each team has been relegated at least once in the past.

Two clubs, Cardiff City and Swansea City, are actually located in Wales but play in the English football league system for practical and historical reasons.

Table

Club	Town or City	Total Seasons	Total Spells	Longest Spell	Last Promotion	Last Relegation	Total Seasons Absent	Seasons	Most Recent Finish	Highest Finish	Top Scorer
Arsenal	London Borough of Islington	24	1	24	1914–15[2]	Never Relegated	0	1992–	3rd	1st	Thierry Henry (175)[3]
Aston Villa	Aston, Birmingham	24	1	24	1987–88	2015–16	0	1992–	17th	2nd	Gabriel Agbonlahor (73)[4]
Barnsley	Barnsley	1	1	1	1996–97	1997–98	23	1997–1998	League One 11th	19th (relegated)	Neil Redfearn (10)
Birmingham City	Birmingham	7	3	4	2008–09	2010–11	17	2002–2006 2007–2008 2009–2011	Championship 10th	9th	Mikael Forssell (29)
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	18	2	11	2000–01	2011–12	6	1992–1999 2001–2012	Championship 9th	1st	Alan Shearer (112)
Blackpool	Blackpool	1	1	1	2009–10	2010–11	23	2010–2011	Championship 24th (relegated)	19th (relegated)	DJ Campbell (13)
Bolton Wanderers	Horwich, Bolton	13	3	11	2000–01	2011–12	11	1995–1996 1997–1998 2001–2012	Championship 18th	6th	Kevin Davies (68)
Bournemouth	Boscombe, Bournemouth	1	1	1	2014–15	Never Relegated	23	2015–	Championship 1st (promoted)	-	Callum Wilson (5)
Bradford City	Bradford	2	1	2	1998–99	2000–01	22	1999–2001	League One 7th	17th	Dean Windass (10)
Burnley	Burnley	2	2	1	2015–16	2014–15	22	2009–2010 2014–2015	19th (relegated)	18th (relegated)	Danny Ings (9)
Cardiff City	Cardiff, Wales	1	1	1	2012–13	2013–14	23	2013–2014	Championship 11th	20th (relegated)	Jordon Mutch (7)
Charlton Athletic	London Borough of Greenwich	8	2	7	1999–2000	2006–07	16	1998–1999 2000–2007	Championship 12th	7th	Jason Euell (34)
Chelsea	London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham	24	1	24	1988–89	Never Relegated	0	1992–	1st	1st	Frank Lampard (147)
Coventry City	Coventry	9	1	9	1966–67	2000–01	15	1992–2001	League One 17th	11th	Dion Dublin (61)
Crystal Palace	London Borough of Croydon	7	5	3	2012–13	2004–05	17	1992–1993 1994–1995 1997–1998 2004–2005 2013–	10th	10th	Chris Armstrong (23)
Derby County	Derby	7	2	6	2006–07	2007–08	17	1996–2002 2007–2008	Championship 8th	8th	Dean Sturridge (32)
Everton	Liverpool	24	1	24	1953–54	Never Relegated	0	1992–	11th	4th	Duncan Ferguson (60)
Fulham	London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham	13	1	13	2000–01	2013–14	11	2001–2014	Championship 17th	7th	Clint Dempsey (50)
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	4	2	2	2012–13	2014–15	20	2008–2010 2013–2015	18th (relegated)	16th	Nikica Jelavic (12)
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	5	2	3	1999–2000	2001–02	19	1992–1995 2000–2002	Championship 6th	5th	Marcus Stewart (25)
Leeds United	Leeds	12	1	12	1989–90	2003–04	12	1992–2004	Championship 15th	3rd	Mark Viduka (59)
Leicester City	Leicester	10	4	6	2013–14	2003–04	15	1994–1995 1996–2002 2003–2004 2014–	1st	1st	Emile Heskey (33) Muzzy Izzet (33)
Liverpool	Liverpool	24	1	24	1961–62	Never Relegated	0	1992–	6th	2nd	Robbie Fowler (128)
Manchester City	Manchester	19	3	14	2001–02	2000–01	5	1992–1996 2000–2001 2002–	2nd	1st	Sergio Agüero (100)
Manchester United	Trafford, Greater Manchester	24	1	24	1974–75	Never Relegated	0	1992–	4th	1st	Wayne Rooney (177)
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	14	3	11	1997–98	2008–09	10	1992–1993 1995–1997 1998–2009	Championship 4th	7th	Hamilton Ricard (31)
Newcastle United	Newcastle upon Tyne	22	2	16	2009–10	2008–09	2	1993–2009 2010–	15th	2nd	Alan Shearer (148)
Norwich City	Norwich	8	4	3	2014–15	2013–14	16	1992–1995 2004–2005 2011–2014 2015–	Championship 3rd (promoted)	3rd	Chris Sutton (33)
Nottingham Forest	West Bridgford, Nottingham	5	3	3	1997–98	1998–99	19	1992–1993 1994–1997 1998–1999	Championship 14th	3rd	Bryan Roy (24)
Oldham Athletic	Oldham	2	1	2	1990–91	1993–94	22	1992–1994	League One 15th	19th	Graeme Sharp (16)
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	7	1	7	2002–03	2009–10	17	2003–2010	League Two 16th	8th	Yakubu (28)
Queens Park Rangers	London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham	7	3	4	2013–14	2014–15	17	1992–1996 2011–2013 2014–2015	20th (relegated)	5th	Les Ferdinand (60)
Reading	Reading	3	2	2	2011–12	2012–13	21	2006–2008 2012–2013	Championship 19th	8th	Kevin Doyle (19)
Sheffield United	Sheffield	3	2	2	2005–06	2006–07	21	1992–1994 2006–2007	League One 5th	14th	Brian Deane (14)
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	8	1	8	1990–91	1999–2000	16	1992–2000	Championship 13th	7th	Mark Bright (48)
Southampton	Southampton	17	2	13	2011–12	2004–05	7	1992–2005 2012–	7th	7th	Matt Le Tissier (101)
Stoke City	Stoke-on-Trent	8	1	8	2007–08	Never Relegated	16	2008–	9th	9th	Jonathan Walters (39)
Sunderland	Sunderland	15	4	9	2006–07	2005–06	9	1996–1997 1999–2003 2005–2006 2007–	16th	7th	Kevin Phillips (61)
Swansea City	Swansea, Wales	5	1	5	2010–11	Never Relegated	19	2011–	8th	8th	Wilfried Bony (25)
Swindon Town	Swindon	1	1	1	1992–93	1993–94	23	1993–1994	League One 4th	22nd (relegated)	Jan Åge Fjørtoft (12)
Tottenham Hotspur	London Borough of Haringey	24	1	24	1977–78	Never Relegated	0	1992–	5th	4th	Teddy Sheringham (98)
Watford	Watford	3	3	1	2014–15	2006–07	21	1999–2000 2006–2007 2015–	Championship 2nd (promoted)	20th (relegated)	Odion Ighalo (13)
West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	10	4	6	2009–10	2008–09	14	2002–2003 2004–2006 2008–2009 2010–	13th	8th	Peter Odemwingie (30)
West Ham United	London Borough of Newham	20	3	10	2011–12	2010–11	4	1993–2003 2005–2011 2012–	12th	5th	Paolo Di Canio (48)
Wigan Athletic	Wigan	8	1	8	2004–05	2012–13	16	2005–2013	Championship 23rd (relegated)	10th	Hugo Rodallega (24)
Wimbledon[5]	London Borough of Merton	8	1	8	1985–86	1999–2000	16	1992–2000	Defunct (2003–04)	6th	Dean Holdsworth (58)
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	4	2	3	2008–09	2011–12	20	2003–2004 2009–2012	Championship 7th	15th	Steven Fletcher (22)

As of the 2006–07 season, former Premier League members were in all three divisions of the Football League for the first time following the relegation of Swindon Town to League Two and their promotion back to League One at the end of that season. At the end of the 2012–13 season, Portsmouth were also relegated to Football League Two, while Bradford City were also promoted back to Football League One.

Crystal Palace had never had a spell last more than one season, until the 2013–14 season, when they managed to secure safety after beating West Ham 1-0 to leave them on 43 points and to guarantee Premier League football for the 2014–15 season. The club were relegated at the end of the inaugural 1992–93 season, but after winning the First Division Championship the following season, they returned to the Premier League for 1994–95 campaign. This was the only season when the Premier League had four relegation places, and Palace finished fourth from bottom to be relegated back to the First Division. At the end of the 1996–97 season, Palace once again gained promotion to the top flight (this time through the play-offs), only to be relegated the following season after finishing bottom. After winning the play–offs again in 2003–04, Palace were once again relegated back to the Championship the following season. They won the First Division/Championship play-offs for the third time at the end of the 2012–13 season, and are currently in their fifth spell in the Premier League.

Both Luton Town and Notts County took part in the original negotiations in 1991 that led to the formation of the Premier League, and both resigned their membership of The Football League along with the other 20 clubs in the top flight during the 1991–92 season. However, both clubs were relegated that season and have not returned to the top flight since.^[6]

Chart

Clubs who have competed in the top flight First Division, but not the Premier League

Club	Town or city	First Division Titles	FA Cups Won	League Cups Won	Total Seasons	Last Relegation	Current Status (2015–16)	Levels in Pyramid
Accrington^†	Accrington	–	–	–	5	1892–93	Defunct	–
Bradford Park Avenue	Bradford	–	–	–	3	1920–21	Conference North	6
Brentford	London Borough of Hounslow	–	–	–	5	1946–47	Championship	2
Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton and Hove	–	–	–	4	1982–83	Championship	2
Bristol City	Bristol	–	–	–	9	1979–80	Championship	2
Bury	Bury	–	2	–	22	1928–29	League One	3
Carlisle United	Carlisle	–	–	–	1	1974–75	League Two	4
Darwen	Darwen	–	–	–	2	1893–94	Defunct	–
Glossop North End	Glossop	–	–	–	1	1899–1900	Northern Premier League Division One North	8
Grimsby Town	Cleethorpes, Grimsby	–	–	–	12	1947–48	Conference Premier	5
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	3	1	–	30	1971–72	Championship	2
Leyton Orient	London Borough of Waltham Forest	–	–	–	1	1962–63	League Two	4
Luton Town	Luton	–	–	1	16	1991–92	League Two	4
Millwall	London Borough of Lewisham	–	–	–	2	1989–90	League One	3
Northampton Town	Northampton	–	–	–	1	1965–66	League Two	4
Notts County	Nottingham	–	1	–	30	1991–92	League Two	4
Oxford United	Oxford	–	–	1	3	1987–88	League Two	4
Preston North End	Preston	2	2	–	46	1960–61	Championship	2

^† The Accrington Stanley club competing today in League Two, as well as its 1891 predecessor, are unrelated to the original Accrington club.

Notes

1. "Football Trivia Question of the Day January 2012 Archive". My Football Facts & Stats. January 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
2. Arsenal finished 5th in Division Two in the 1914–15 season, but the Football League was then suspended until 1919–20 due to WW1, After the War, Division One was expanded from 20 to 22 clubs and Arsenal was elected to the First Division for the 1919–20 season.
3. "Goalscoring Records". Arsenal F.C. 8 July 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
4. "Hall of Fame". Aston Villa F.C. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
5. Wimbledon relocated from London to Milton Keynes in 2003, and renamed themselves MK Dons a year later. Throughout their time in the Premier League, Wimbledon played their home games at Selhurst Park, the home of Crystal Palace.
6. The third top-flight club relegated that season was West Ham United, who subsequently won promotion into the Premier League the following season.